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Expatriate voters arrive mostly in Northern Kerala.
The Keralites living in the Gulf countries had to burn holes in their pockets as they replaced the Indian onions with the costlier ones from Egypt, Thailand and Turkey.
Kerala government and the Maritime Board envisage a shipping service that allows passengers from various GCC countries to reach Kerala in 3 – 4 days.
Noted national-level shipping companies like JM Baxi, Sita Travel Corporation India, Kochi-based Intersight Tours and Travels and Gangway Shipping and Logistics based in Thiruvananthapuram have shown their willingness to be part of the project.
It must be noted that applications should be submitted separately for the operation of ships in the big, medium and small categories.
It will do away with the requirement of separate visas to six countries and also slash costs, in the process facilitating more travel, especially by industrialists.
This service would help the Saudi ports to improve their connectivity with other regional ports as well as international ones. I
The airfares in the Sharjah-Kannur sector, which is comparatively higher, was 285 dirhams (Rs 6418) on Sunday.
The budget airline will conduct the services via Muscat from Fujairah airport and back on Mondays and Wednesdays, starting on October 2.
She claimed that Sivasankar had even considered posting her in Bengaluru to assist Veena’s company, ‘Exalogic Solutions’